Manifolding memorandum book or pad.



No. 704,344. Patented July I5, 1902.

-E. z. LEWIS. MANIFOLBING MEMORANDUM BOOK DR PAD (Application filedSept. 4, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES EDWARD Z. LEWIS,

GENERAL MANIFOLD COMPANY, OF FRANKLIN,

OF FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE PENNSYLVANIA, A

CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

MAN-IFOLDING MEMORANDUM BOOK OR PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 704,844, dated July 15,1902.

Application filed September 4, 1901- Serial No. 74,298, (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD Z. LEWIS, a citizen of the Unit-ed States,residing at Franklin, in the county of Venango and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in ManifoldingMemorandum Books or Pads, of which the followingis a specification, 1

My invention relates to manifolding memorandum books or pads, and hasfor its object to provide an article of this class by which duplicatesof the matter written upon one of the sheets may be produced without theuse of interleaving transfer-sheets. and. without smearing orirregularity in duplication due to slipping of the sheets one upon theother, by which fraud in the entry of memoranda upon the sheets may bedetected and copying material of the papers protected anda compact andconvenient arrangement of the sheets obtained. p

To these ends the invention consists of the means hereinafter describedand claimed.

The inventionis illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a plan view of pad or book open; Fig. 2, an edge view; Fig;3, an enlarged edge view of one of V the double sheets,'and Fig. 4C aplan'view of theinner side of oneof the double sheets detached frombookor pad and spread out.

Referring to the drawings, 0: represents the stub-packagato the separatestubs of which i are attached'th'e ends .of the-writing and copyingsheets. This stub-package is-shown as inclosed in a suitable cover 12,preferably detachable, but the cover may be dispensed with, if desired.however, to form abacking for the sheets when they are being writtenupon. backing is upon the upper or right side 0 of the pad or book. Thetwo ends dc of the don-- ble writing and copy sheet are attached to thestub portion, and at their junction with the stubs are each providedwith perforated or weakened severing portions or lines f, by means ofwhich the two parts of the sheet are adapted to be detached from thestubs.

The. cover is desirable,

The page g of the double sheet is provided on one side with a plainwriting-surface and on the other side with a coating h of carbon orother suitable manifold coloring material.

The other leafi of the sheet is the one adjacentto the backing and is ofplain writingpaper or, if desired, the surface-of the leaf next to thecarbon surface may be specially prepared to receive and retain theimpressed carbon. The original leaf 9 and copy-leaf t are joined by theindented or weakened severing edge j. The double sheet is closed at bothends, whereby the two leaves are .held in exact alinement and will notslip one over the'other when written upon, which is an advantage ofgreat importance in making such manifold copies. The carbon side of thesheet is also protected from contact with the hand and against a rubbingaction on the copy-sheet, andthe edges of the sheet are also protectedby these means. This arrangement also tends to prevent fraud, since anyentry made upon the written leaf will occupy the same relative locationon the copy-page, and

an inscription made upon the copy-page wrltten independent of thewriting-page could be detected. The writing side it of the original leafmay be provided with a printed form of any desired character, and theinner face of the copy-leaf may also be provided with a correspondingform.

- The pad or book may be used for recording sales for tickets, fortelegraph-blanks, or. for other articles of a similar nature in which itis desirable that a dpplicate of the memorandum or writing be made andretained.

In use the sheet is turned up and back upon the backing-cover, so as tobring the outer side of the sheet 11 against said cover and the surfacek of sheet 9 uppermost, and then the writing is inscribed upon the saidsurface, and it will by means of the carbon or other transfer coating 71on the opposite side of the leaf be transferred to the receiving side ofthe copy-sheet t". The sheet is then torn ofi at the severing-lines j ofthe two ends of the sheet and the page 9 there separated from leaf 6 bytearing same at the severingdines 7'.

If desired, however, the leaf 9 only may be removed and the copy-page iretained in the pad or'book.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A manifoldingdevice consisting of a package provided with a series of separate stubsin combination with a series of writing and copying sheets, each sheetcomposed of two leaves, one leaf provided with a writingsurface on oneside and a transfer-surface on its opposite side, and the other leafprovided with a transfer-receiving surface, said leaves separately anddetachably secured at one end to the stubs along a weakened line and toeach other at their opposite ends by a similar joint, substantially'asdescribed. 7

2. A manifolding device consisting of a package provided with separatestubs, in combination with an outside cover to which said stubs areconnected and within which they are bound, each of said sheets composedof two leaves, each separately united at their upper ends to said stubsby severing-joints, and their lower ends united along a weakened line,one of said leaves provided with a Writ ing-surface on one side and atransfer-surface on its opposite side, and the remaining leaf providedwith a transfer-receiving surface, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

EDWARD Z., LEWIS.

\Vitnesses:

FRANCIS O. ADAMS, W. H. FOWLER.

